Find Spot record 0975700000 - Autumn Cottage, Brookside

No medieval features were found in this test pit, however, it produced significant quantities of medieval pottery. 68 sherds of Potterspury Ware were recovered, mostly from spit three, whilst other mixed deposits contained single sherds fo sandy shelly ware, shelly coarseware and sandy ware. Clearly, then, this plot was occupied during the late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, with the possibility of a twelfth century origin since the lowest deposits contained material predating the start of Potterspury production. Similar levels of pottery discard are commonly encountered in other medieval crofts, material either being placed within rubbish pits or distributed on the garden to increase fertility within the kitchen garden (B1).